WSIC-2025

Thomas Kang, PhD, PE, is Professor of structural engineering at Seoul National University (SNU), Korea. Before that, he was a professor at the University of Oklahoma, and a licensed Professional Engineering in California of the U.S. He also has held various affiliated positions in the U.S., Japan and South Africa, including the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, UCLA, University of Hawaii at Manoa, University of Tokyo, and University of Cape Town. He taught for about 20 undergraduate and graduate courses at all these universities (1 to 4 credits). Prof. Kang received his PhD from UCLA, his MS from Michigan State, and his BS from SNU. Prof.Kang is a Fellow of Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI) and American Concrete Institute (ACI), and a member of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST) and the National Academy of Engineering of Korea (NAEK). He received several prestigious awards, including the Kenneth B. Bondy Award for Most Meritorious Technical Paper from PTI in 2012 and 2023, the Wason Medal for Most Meritorious Paper from ACI in 2009, and the Martin P. Korn Award from PCI (Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute) in 2023. Prof.Kang currently serves as an Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Wind & Structures, as the Associate Editor for the PTI Journal, andasa Technical Advisory Board member of PTI. He has published over 190 international journal papers, including over 60 in ACI Structural Journal, over 20 in ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, and over 15 in PTI / PCI Journals. His research interests include the design and behavior of reinforced, prestressed and post-tensioned concrete structures, as well as dynamic effects (wind, seismic, fire and shock) on structures.